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BUTTON.

No. 545,799.' Patented Sept. 3, 1895.

FFICE,

ATENT FLORIEN J ONISI-I, OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA BUTTQN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I atent 1\l'0. 545,799, datedSeptember 3, 1895.

' Applicatibn filed December 15,1894. Serial No.531,913. mama-1B1.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLORIEN JONISH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Little Falls, in the county of Morrison and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Buttons;and I do doclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact decriptionof the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to buttons or fastening devices for garments,and among the objects in view is to provide an extremely simple, cheap,and efficient device which may be used in all places where ordinarybuttons have heretofore been used, and which device is not liable tobecome detached from a garment; and with the above objects in view myinvention consists in the novel construction of the device, ashereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointedout in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View illustrating my devicein connection with a garment. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of thedevice detached, showing in dotted lines the pins or spurs as out ofengagement with the retaining or looking spurs or projections of thedevice, and in full lines representing said pins in engagement with thesaid projections. Fig. 3 is a front view of my button.

In carrying out my invention I provide a piece of wire (brass, iron,steel, or the like) and form loops or eyes 1 at each end thereof.

I then bend said Wire to form diverging arms 2, which are bent inwardlyand upwardly toward each other, as at'3, whereby to form a guide passageor way 4, and beyond the latter the arms are again spread apart, as at5, and then twisted together, as at 6, the twisted portion standing atright angles to the remaining portion of the arms. The arms are thenbent to form a loop or head 7, the latter in practice serving thepurpose of the ordinary button, the twisted portion serving as the shanktherefor.

8 indicates spurs or pins which are inte gral with a right-angular (ornearly so) portion 9, which is pivotally connected to the loops or eyes1, and said pins 8 are suflicientlylong to adapt them to be pressedtogether and then passed within or through the guide-passage t andengage over the inwardly-bent portions 3 of the device, and thus belocked in place.

In applying my device the pins 8 are passed through the garment and arethen forced through the guide-passage 4 and allowed to spring over theportions 3 of the device, whereby the latter is securely attached to thegarment. The head 7 is adapted to be passed through a buttonhole ofanother garment, and thus attach the two garments together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The herein described device consisting of a piece of wire bent to formloops or eyes 1, the divergent arms 2 bent inwardly and upwardly towardeach other as at 3, forming a throat or passage 4 and said arms beingagain spread apart beyond the said passage, as at 5, and twistedtogether at 6, said twisted portion standing at right angles to theremaining portion of the arms and the loop or head 7 formed by spreadingthe arms laterally upon each side of the twisted portion-6, and spurs Sintegral with an angular portion 9, pivotally connected to the eyes 1,all as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLORIEN J ONISH. Witnesses:

PETER GRUND, THOMAS BEAUMONT,

